The carbon front section will have to endure peak aerodynamic loads of up to three tonnes per square metre at 1,000mph as well the considerable forces generated by the front wheels and suspension.

It will also carry ballistic armour to protect Wg Cdr Green should a stone be thrown up by the front wheels at very high speeds.

The roof of the cockpit has been designed to create a series of shockwaves that will channel the air into the Eurojet EJ200 jet engine.

The pencil-shaped car is 12ft long, 18ins in diameter and weighs 992lb. In its ultimate form, it is expected to generate the combined output of 95 Formula 1 cars.

Wg Cdr Green will wear a specially made in-ear communications system to protect his hearing and to ensure that he can communicate with mission control.

He has drawn on his experience of flying fast jets and driving world land speed record winners Thrust SSC and JCB Dieselmax to design the dashboard and cockpit layout.

And he will climb into the Bloodhound via a carbon fibre hatch, 500mm in diameter, just below the jet air intake.

During a 1,000mph run, Bloodhound will cover 12 miles in two minutes, exerting an acceleration force of almost 2G and peak deceleration force of 3G on Wg Cdr Green.

This long-duration G force is another experience unique to Bloodhound - an F1 driver may experience higher G forces, but they only do so for a few seconds at a time.

Wg Cdr Green said: "All of this technology will give me the most extraordinary working environment with which to get Bloodhound up to 1,000mph and also the highest level of protection we can possibly get.

"It's a brilliant piece of engineering."

The Bristol-based Bloodhound team will be attempting to break the 1,000mph barrier on a purpose-built 12-mile track in the South African desert in 2015 and 2016.